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For Release: November 23, 2004

DOE Highlights Holocaust Education Awareness

The New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE)
is co-sponsoring an all day conference on infusing holocaust education
into middle and high school curricula on Wednesday, December 15, 2004.
Entitled "Children Bear Witness," the NJDOE is sponsoring the
conference with the Passaic County Community College and the New Jersey
Commission on Holocaust Education. The event will take place at the Passaic
County Community College Public Safety Academy, located at 300 Oldham
Road in Wayne, New Jersey from 9:00 AM until 3:00 PM.

The conference will feature a keynote address by Maud
Dahme, a member and former President of the New Jersey State Board of
Education. Dahme is a Holocaust survivor who frequently speaks to students
and teacher groups, recounting her experiences as a young Jewish girl
in Nazi-occupied Holland. She has also served on the New Jersey Commission
on Holocaust Education since 1982. In 1994, she was chosen from a select
group of leading American educators who traveled to Poland to learn firsthand
about the Holocaust. In 2001, Maud Dahme was awarded the prestigious
H. Councill Trenholm Award from the National Education Association at
its annual human and civil rights banquet.

Conference participants will also share strategies for
infusing Holocaust education into the K-12 curriculum. The conference
will provide many hands-on activities, lesson plans and resources designed
to enhance instructional knowledge, spur in-depth discussion and encourage
reflection. Sessions will include such titles as "Holocaust Across
the Curriculum" and "Warsaw Ghetto and Uprising."

The registration fee is $50.00 which is an all inclusive
price. Checks and purchase orders may be made payable to "Passaic
County Community College" (federal ID #: 22-1907901) and mailed
to: